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Texas Democrats Plan to Force Education Votes 2/10/13
Associated Press
February 10, 2013
AUSTIN - How the state will pay for public schools will take
center stage this week in the political theater known as the Texas Legislature.
And it will likely remain there throughout the session.
Texas Democrats hope to set Republicans up for some potentially embarrassing
votes that can be used against them in 2014. They are calling on the Legislature
vote on restoring the $5.4 billion cut from public education.
These votes will force Republicans to either vote for increased government
spending - which will get them in trouble in the 2014 Republican primaries - or
get them to vote against public education spending. That would give Democrats an
issue in the 2014 general elections.
The Republican leadership recognizes the trap and will do its best to
side-step it.